Kiwi green thumb Michele Hickman has scoured the country for the best gardens open to the public. She's compiled them in the new book Garden Tours: A Visitor's Guide To 50 Top New Zealand Gardens. Here's our favourites from each region.
Design your garden by thinking through the seasons, writes Meg Liptrot.
Landscape gardener and Life columnist Justin answers your questions.
You say tomato and Justin Newcombe says beefsteak, San Marzano, Grosse Lisse and cherry.
Pets can come with practical problems. Justin Newcombe shows us how to keep your animals in without compromising aesthetics.
How a simple plan led to the success of Waiheke Island's Mudbrick vineyard.
Moving garden can be a harrowing experience, writes Michele Hewitson. Enter garden guru Xanthe White, who puts all to rights and helps her to feel in the pink.
After a wet, wet winter many of us are itching to get gardening, says Meg Liptrot.
Less is more when it comes to designing a front garden, writes Justin Newcombe.
The addition of sleepers to a vege patch can mean the difference between chaos and harmony, writes Justin Newcombe.
Shona Tawhiao, who is showing at Fashion Week, shares her favourite things with Viva.
Starting a new DIY project is pointless if an injury means you can't finish the job. Be safe and take precautions, writes Justin Newcombe.
Travel and food are high on the priority list for Dizengoff co-owner Troy Mentor.
Honeybees' hard labour is linked to humanity's very survival, writes Meg Liptrot.
Justin Newcombe advises us to embrace the rainbow for excitement in the garden.
Ensuring you have correct moisture levels for the vege garden is not difficult, says Justin Newcombe.
From books to deer heads, James McKee and Nick Shaw like to fill their office space with their collections.
From his beginnings in the American Midwest through a stint in the Netherlands and then down to New Zealand, Heath Lowe has developed a passion for good design.
With spring just around the corner, Justin Newcombe says it's time to get reacquainted with your garden.
Justin Newcombe brings the bush into the garden with a retaining wall made of ponga logs.
Entrepeneur and jewellery designer Louise Pilkington shares her treasures with Viva.
If you've thought about planting fruit trees, now is the time to do it, says Meg Liptrot.
Justin Newcombe sings the praises of an avocado tree in the garden.
Finding a hobby can mean meeting like-minded people while developing old-school skills, writes Danielle Wright.
Justin Newcombe mans up and builds a dolly trolley to make life easier when moving heavy objects.
Hanging art works in the home of Tom and Rita Hanks, is all part of the job for Aucklander Isha Welsh.
Bring your bulbs indoors for a dose of colour therapy, suggests Meg Liptrot.
In case we don't get a long hot summer, Justin Newcombe gives his crops an early boost.
Justin Newcombe builds a house to keep his young plants safe and warm.
A ballet dancer in a past life, Debbie Stevens has now opened a space to display beautiful homewares. She tells us about what makes her jump for joy.
Calypso Paoli's creative mind has led to a burgeoning career. Viva takes a look at what she's into.
Justin Newcombe gives some top tips to keep your garden well drained.